Ex-centerfold is a 'Pin Up' natural: Playboy's 2011 Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair performs during the premiere of "Pin Up" at the Stratosphere Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. The show was inspired by the classic pin-up calendars from the 1940s, '50s and '60s.

The golden rule - why run if you can get petted without running? Finn and 13-week-old Zane are supposed to run in the Danbury Animal Welfare Society's "Run Your Tail Off 5K" race in Danbury, Conn., but they seem more interested in the pre-race rubdown.

Photo: Michael Duffy, Connecticut Post

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Hey, no fair carrying her: The Danbury Animal Welfare Society's "Run Your Tail Off 5K" requires contestants to run with their dogs, so it's no wonder the beagle is confused.

Do-it-yourself'er: After hitting a two-run walk-off homer to beat Los Angeles in the longest game ever played in Oakland (19 innings), Brandon Moss took a whipped cream pie from Josh Reddick and smashed it into his own face. He said that Reddick, the A's official post-game pie dispenser, was too tired to pie him.

The difference between the A's and the Rockies in a nut shell: The Colorado Rockies have a different way of celebrating home runs - they spray the slugger, in this case Nolan Arenado, with sunflower seeds. (Los Angeles.)

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The 800-meter splash: Runners from Valley View and Scranton high schools sprint by a puddle in the 800m race during a track meet in Scranton, Pa.

Proof that the government is using domestic drones: Only not against civilians. No, this remote-controlled device, called the Goosinator, is used to flush Canada geese from waterways like this one at Vilas Park in Madison, Wis. The geese tend to leave of mess of droppings on the banks of ponds and lakes.

Photo: John Hart, Associated Press

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Fire engulfs an apartment building in Lewiston, Maine. Two other apartment buildings in the complex also burned, displacing a total of at least 75 people. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.

Photo: Christopher Williams, Associated Press

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Hats entertainment: You can go months without seeing a terrier in a cowboy hat or a beret in San Antonio. Unless, of course, it's the Fiesta Pooch Parade, when you're liable to meet a whole posse of covered lapdog heads.

Photo: Eric Gay, Associated Press

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